We can all celebrate a win when we see one—and TikTok's recent ban of the “SkinnyTok” hashtag is absolutely a move in the right direction. As a tenured eating disorder clinician, the promotion of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The youth-beloved AI chatbot startup Character.AI is hosting pro-anorexia chatbots that encourage users to engage in disordered ...

If you’ve ever felt worse about your self-image after just minutes of scrolling online, you’re not alone. According to a new study, less than 10 minutes of scrolling through TikTok is all it takes for ...

People, especially women, who spend just eight minutes watching weight loss TikTok videos can result in psychological harm, a new study shows. The study, which was published on August 7, suggests that ...

Less than 10 minutes of TikTok may be enough to have a negative impact on women's body image, new research shows. The study, which sought to fill a gap in research on how TikTok affects women's body ...

Less than 10 minutes of consuming TikTok content can have an immediate impact on young women’s body image satisfaction and internalization of the thin ideal. Women who spend a lot of time on TikTok — ...

Less than 10 minutes of consuming TikTok content can have an immediate impact on young women’s body image satisfaction and internalization of the thin ideal. Image Credit: cottonbro studio, Pexels ...

Eating disorders (EDs) are psychiatric illnesses involving disordered relationships with food and pathological body weight/shape dissatisfaction. As both psychological and biological illnesses, EDs ...

To see how open to abuse Facebook’s advertising and AI platforms really are, a tech watchdog tested out some salacious prompts — and found that the company now known as Meta was all too willing to ...

The investigational nasal spray fasedienol significantly improved social anxiety disorder symptoms during a public speaking challenge compared with placebo in the phase III PALISADE-2 trial, said ...